West African Examination Council (WAEC) has suspended its 68th Annual Council Meeting scheduled to hold in Monrovia, Liberia from March 23 to 27, 2020 over fear of Covid-19.

Registrar of the Council, Mr. Pateh Bah disclosed this in his goodwill message on the occasion of the 68th WAEC Day Celebration.

Also, Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr Shuaibu Ibrahim, a brigadier general, said yesterday that orientation camp exercise was suspended as a precautionary measure to avoid the spread of Covid-19.

NYSC had on March 12, performed the swearing-in ceremony for the 2020 Batch A, Stream 1 corps members.

The NYSC boss said although the scheme had put in place precautionary measures earlier, there was still need to suspend camp activities to ensure that no case was recorded.

Daily Trust